ArmInfo.On September 22, the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) of Armenia adopted a decision, according to which the powers of judge of the Criminal Court of Appeal Alexander Azaryan were terminated.
<Based on the resignation letter received from judge of the Criminal Court of Appeal Alexander Azaryan on September 19, 2022 and guided by paragraph 9 of part 1 of Article 89, paragraph 1 of part 1 of Article 160 and part 1 of Article 94 of the constitutional law <Judicial Code of the Republic of Armenia>, SJC decided from September 22, 2022 to terminate the powers of the judge of the Criminal Court of Appeal Alexander Azaryan >, the decision, which was signed by acting Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council Sergey Chichoyan, reads.
On August 13, 2018, the Court of Appeal, chaired by Judge Azaryan, released second president of the country, Robert Kocharyan, from arrest, based on the immunity of the former president. Azaryan also decided to release TV5 owner Armen Tavadyan from custody. In May 2019, he told the media that he was ready to resign if Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also resigned or when he turned 65.